Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians were a world music band based in Toronto. Its founders included Sudanese emigrant Tarig Abubakar (1964-1998) and Adam Solomon who would participate in the Juno Award winning album African Guitar Summit.

Setona (ستونة) was born in Khartoum into a family coming from the Sudanese province of Kordofan. Starting a career as professional singer and musician was a challenge for Setona as a young woman even though one of her uncles was the founder of a so called "jazz band" in the fifties.

Abdel Gadir Salim (عبد القادر سالم, Dilling, Sudan) is the most familiar Sudanese singer to western listerners, being responsible for presenting to the world the traditional and folklore music of the Kurdufan region, in west Sudan. The content of his songs strives to be closer to countryside directness, while the arrangements reflect his studies of both Sudanese and western music.

Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw is one of the most successful contemporary Ethiopian singers worldwide. Ejigayenuh 'GiGi' Shibabaw was born in rural Ethiopia in 1974 as the fifth child in a coffee growing family of ten that moved to the capital Addis Ababa in 1984. At a very early age, GiGi decided to become a singer.

The Nubian all-star ensemble Salamat has so far released 4 albums on Piranha Musik. Headed by the musical director and arranger of the Salamat project, percussionist Mahmoud Fadl, the group primarily provides Western listeners with an understanding of the Nubian elements of Egyptian music.